Unterseeboot 134
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Unterseeboot 134 (usually abbreviated to U-134) was a German VIIC type U-boat of World War II, laid down on 6 September 1940 by Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack and commissioned on 26 July 1941.
[edit] Career
- In 7 patrols, she sank 3 ships for a total of 12,147 GRT.
- American Blimp K-74, the only blimp shot in the war was shot by U-134.
- On November 14, 1942, she sank the 4,827-ton Panaman steamship Scapa Flow that carried manganese ore, latex and baled rubber. At 4:58 pm the steamer, under Master Samuel Newbold Mace was hit on the portside under the bridge and at the 3rd hatch by two torpedoes and sank in one minute at position in the Atlantic Ocean. She had been located at 11:37 am on a route where attacks were prohibited. The U-boat first obtained permission to attack. 23 survivors escaped in a damaged lifeboat having two rafts and a tin of bandages. The master and chief engineer of the steamer had drowned. The 47 crew members and 13 armed guards on board had no time to launch the four needed lifeboats. Only a metal boat, acquired from the John Carter Rose and four rafts floated. 25 crew members and six armed guards were lost. The survivors transferred the next morning into the boat with the supplies, but one armed guard died. All were rescued on December 1 by HMS Armeria (K 187).
[edit] Fate
She was sunk on August 24, 1943 near Vigo, Spain at by 6 depth charges from a British Vickers Wellington aircraft of Squadron 179/J. All 48 men on board died.
[edit] References
See Also: List of U-boats
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